Chapter 11

Demyx's POV

The three of us freeze in our places. The man stands a few steps into the room as the door behind him closes. I don't know who he is, but I'm getting a strange feeling from him. Rukia draws her white sword and prepares to fight. Suddenly, a memory comes to my head. When I first woke up from my encounter with the hollow, Roxas told me something about a man-urgh! What is it! What did he say!

"After we told him what happened he told us this twisted dream he had that involved that same creature and this other guy with brown hair that was dressed in black and white," He finished.

I gasp in disbelief. That man is the same guy from Xemnas's dream! Panic fills me and Zexion takes a step back. The tension in the air is so thick it makes it hard to breathe.

"Master Aizen, I have cornered the prisoners," Roxas told the man as he walked towards him.

Aizen smirks at Roxas. "Wonderful," He tells Roxas as he faces us.

"What have you done to Roxas?" I demanded as I tried to summon my Sitar, even though I know it won't work.

Surprisingly it does work. Zexion summons his Lexicon as well and prepares to fight. Rukia is still grasping her sword in both hands. Aizen chuckles to himself as he draws his sword as well.

"Didn't you know I've known what you've been doing ever since you set foot in Las Noches? I purposely didn't put any guards on duty to make you drop your guard," He begin to explain. "I thought you would split up to try to find Roxas so I had Szayel make this clone from Roxas's DNA. I need to remember to thank him later," He explained to us.

"You b*stard!" Zexion exclaimed. "Where's the real Roxas?" He demanded.

"That doesn't matter now. My Roxas will kill you where you now stand!" Aizen ordered.

The fake Roxas stepped forwards and summoned Oathkeeper; much to the surprise of Zexion and I. Rukia stood her ground as Roxas came in for the kill. He swung Oathkeeper at full force at Rukia. Rukia easily blocked it with her sword and jumped up. She swung her sword at Roxas, hoping to knock Oathkeeper out of his hands. Roxas jumped back and swung Oathkeeper at Rukia. Rukia fell backwards, dropping her sword in the process.

"Dance! Water! Dance!" I yelled out strumming a couple strings.

Roxas turned towards me as a HUGE spray of water threw him up in the air. While he was dazed and confused, Zexion opened his Lexicon and shoot a blast of lighting at Roxas. The black knocked him off his feet causing him to fall over and slam into the floor, letting go of Oathkeeper. I quickly grasped Rukia's sword and tossed it back to her.

"Thanks, Demyx," She thanked as she climbed to her feet.

"Dance! Sode No Shiroyuki!" She yelled out as small columns of ice surrounded her. "Pakurn!" She yelled as a giant blast of snow and ice shot towards Roxas.

His eyes widened in fear when he saw Rukia attack. He grabbed Oathkeeper and jumped up, avoiding the attack. I strum a few more strings make small jets of water shoot at him like knives. Roxas dodges most of them while the rest leave behind minor scratches. Much to my surprise, he attacks me.

He swung Oathkeeper with full force, knocking me to the ground and the breath outta me. While I lay there, trying to catch my breath, Roxas shoots a fireball at me. I quickly roll over barley missing it. I jumped up and strum a couple more strings making water nobodies pop up out of nowhere. Roxas wipes them all out in only a matter of seconds. I see Zexion shoot a blast of ice at him, freezing him in a block of ice temporarily. I think Vexen's rubbed off on Zexion a bit much, don't you agree?

"How does he have Oathkeeper?" Zexion wondered. "That doesn't make any sense…" His voice trailed off as Aizen smirked.

"Szayel also did an excellent job of re-making one of his Keyblades. Not as powerful as the real one, but close," He commented.

"Remember he's a disadvantage," Rukia pointed out. "It's three against one, plus sooner or later Ichigo and the other two will show up. That'll make it six against one, but until then it's just us,"

"Should we make a plan or something?" I wondered.

"Demyx makes a good point. If we're going to fight this fake Roxas, we need a plan," Zexion replied. "If I can make a couple clones of myself I can distract him long enough for us to pull off an offensive attack. Eventually he'll get tired, and by then Ichigo should have been able to find his way here," Zexion thought out loud.

"What if he doesn't?" Rukia wondered. She glanced back nervously as the ice that trapped Roxas began to crack.

"That's not at the top of our list of concerns right now," I reply as the ice makes another ear-splitting crack.

"I say we give Zexion's plan a try, it the only plan we've got," Rukia quickly concluded.

Right on cue, Roxas broke free of the ice. He was shivering from his icy prison and tiny bit of ice clung to his blonde hair. Roxas charged at us, anger flashing in his eyes. Roxas swings Oathkeeper at Zexion, who easily sidestepped avoiding it. I see him mutter a spell, or something, to himself before three copies of himself appeared next to him. Roxas back up and got ready to attack but the problem was, which one was the real Zexion?

The four other Zexions surrounded Roxas and one launched a fireball at him. Roxas deflected it with his Keyblade, hitting the clone. The clone let out a small yelp of pain before it disappeared in a swirl of black smoke. Roxas jumped up and swung his Keyblade wildly, hoping to hit the clone or a couple of them.

"Now Demyx!" Rukia yelled at me as she raised her sword. "Pakurn!" She yelled as she pointed her sword at Roxas, sending a blast of ice at him.

The blast of ice threw Roxas across the room and slammed him into a wall. While he struggled to get up, I quickly strummed a couple string on my Sitar making small streams of water slash against his skin. Roxas screamed out in pain as blood begin to pour from his wounds. I smirked as the fake Roxas dropped dead.

I wanted to let out a victory yell, but before I heard a scream of agony echo off the walls. I turned and saw Zexion shoot across the room and slam into a wall, coughing up blood. I turned around and saw Aizen standing there, his hand smoking. I saw a red beam charge begin to charge up in his hand as Zexion's eyes widened in fear. I jumped in front of him and gripped my Sitar tightly. Aizen shot the beam at me as I shut my eyes and waited for pain.

I waited for the world to spin me around violently and throw me against the wall. I heard a loud BOOM echo off the room's walls a couple moments later. I opened my eyes and saw Ichigo standing in front of me, his sword in hand. I turned around and rushed to Zexion's side, only to find Axel and Roxas there was well.

"Are you okay, Zexion?" Axel wondered the concern in his voice clear.

Zexion lifted his head up, with looked as if it took a lot of effort. "Yeah…don't worry about me," He replied.

"Are you sure? Can you stand up?" I wondered.

Zexion slowly stood up he had to lean against the wall support, but he could do it. He raised a hand above his head as he became cloaked in a light green light for a second before he summoned his Lexicon again. A lot of his minor wounds were now gone and the large gash on his arm had stopped bleeding.

While we were distracted, the fake Roxas charges at us again anger flashing in his eyes. He swings Oathkeeper at the real Roxas, who blocked it with Oblivion easily. The real Roxas swung Oblivion at the fake Roxas knocking him clean off his feet. The fake Roxas quickly climbed to his feet as disappeared in a blur. The real Roxas gasped as the fake Roxas appeared behind him landing a hard hit on him with Oathkeeper. Roxas coughed up blood and stared at the fake Roxas with wide eyes, Ichigo and Axel as well.

"Wha-How could he have the abilities of a soul reaper and the Keyblade? That's impossible!" Axel exclaimed.

"No…" Roxas corrected as he climbed to his feet. "His Keyblade is only a sham, not even close to matching the keyblade's true power. He may have a soul reaper's abilities, but I have the real Keyblade!" He roared out angrily, as he charged at the fake Roxas.